PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry: A security weakness
PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry
- Plugin slug
powerpress- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 16, 2023
- Weakness
- Not assigned
This CVE was published Oct 16, 2023 and is one of 21 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.0.12 does not sanitize and escape the media url field in posts, which could allow users with privileges as low as contributor to inject arbitrary web scripts that could target a site admin or superadmin.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N